stretched
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The friendship grew tense as negotiations stretched on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Ukraine's stretched air defences are struggling to cope with the barrages, Maxim Timchenko, chief executive of the power company DTEK, said in an interview.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
For older Americans living on fixed incomes, those changes can take a bite out of an already stretched budget.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In a plasma, which consists of electrically charged particles, these magnetic field lines can be pulled, twisted, and stretched.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
But weeks stretched into months, and still, Captain grew.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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